the [female] athlete project

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds: the G.O.A.T. of basketball Lauren Jackson returns to the court, Barcelona break their own world record, and 12-year-old Chloe Covell wins Bronze at her first X Games in the open age category.  For our key story we’ll discuss the Russian and Belarussian athletes banned from competing at Wimbledon following t...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - Wright’s huge win at home, Allyson Felix announces her retirement, and Matilda’s player Aivi Luik raises over $37K for brain cancer research.  For our key story we’ll discuss The Afghanistan Women's National soccer team’s rebuild here in Australia after being forced to flee their home country following the...

a weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds  -  Adelaide Crows solidify the dynasty, melbourne boomers break the drought. For our key story we’ll discuss the simple strategy behind Barcelona selling out 91,000 tickets for the second time in a month.  Get the wrap delivered into your inbox as a weekly newsletter! Subscribe here www.linkt...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds  - is alyssa healy the new goat? The Roosters upset the broncos, and melbourne are set to face adelaide in the aflw grand final For our key story we’ll discuss the wnbl debacle - canberra capitals forced to forfeit their chance to play in the wnbl grand final series.  This week in the ice bath with Budg...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - Melbourne Victory break Sydney FC’s hearts, again, Tasmanian Tigers + Elyse Villani win their first WNCL title, and Ash Barty retires at the age of 25. For our key story we’ll discuss Australian boxer Ebanie Bridges, who claimed the IBF bantamweight world title over the weekend, and has drawn mixed opinions abo...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - Victory advance to the A-league grand final, the Broncos suffer their first defeat in 3 years, and Boomers win first WNBL minor premiership since 2011.  For our key story we’ll discuss Lia Thomas, the first transgender swimmer to win a division one NCAA swimming title. In the ice bath with Budgy Smuggler,...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - aflw minor premiers decided, Aussie cricketers remain undefeated in the world cup and the first female head coach of swimming australia.  For our key story we’ll discuss Serena Williams calling out the double standards in the Alexander Zverev tennis outburst.  Get the wrap delivered into your inbox as...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - opals draw rivals serbia for world cup, sam kerr adds another trophy to the cabinet, and russia + belarus banned from winter paralympics.  For our key story we’ll discuss the WNBA franchise that stands accused of treating its players ‘too well’.   In the ice bath with budgy smuggler, we chat to netbal...

Daisy Pearce is a pioneer of women’s football. She grew up in country Victoria, playing footy with the boys until the age of 13, when she was told that she wasn’t allowed to anymore. Later in her teenage years, she discovered women’s football for the first time, and has since gone on to become one of the faces of the AFLW competition.  After giving birth to twins in 2019, Daisy successfully r...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - NRLW season kicks off, athletes boycott Russian sporting events, and Vixens win pre-season Netball in Melbourne. For our key story we’ll discuss the USWNT $24 million equal pay settlement.    In the ice bath with budgy smuggler, we chat to Paralympic swimmer Monique Murphy about her story and endometr...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - millions tune in to watch the ice hockey gold medal match, more shoeys from golfer hannah green, and flag bearing honour for 3 x olympian sami kennedy-sim.  For our key story we’ll discuss the unique impacts of concussion in women’s sport.    In the ice bath with budgy smuggler, we chat to basketballer...

At the age of 17, Tiana Penitani became the youngest player to represent Australia at a rugby World Cup.  In the years following, she went through an intense rehabilitation process following two separate ACL ruptures while playing rugby sevens. Her second rupture was just 10 months out from the Rio Olympics. A week before the plane departed to Brazil, Tiana had to sit down with the team docto...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news.  Taking a look around the grounds - Australia’s best ever winter olympics, the Russian doping scandal and golfer Hannah Green takes the win on home soil.   For our key story we’ll discuss a new report out of the UK demonstrating the millions of new people watching women’s sport.  Get the wrap delivered into your inbox as a weekly n...

A weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - Australia’s first Winter Olympics gold since 2010, Lauren Jackson’s shock announcement and Australia dominate the multi-format Ashes series.  For our key story we’ll discuss the huge financial steps taken in two American sports over the past week - soccer and basketball. In the ice bath with Budgy Smuggler, we c...

Snowboarder Belle Brockhoff is about to become a 3 x olympian. A huge feat achieved by a very minute number of the population. Belle was born into snowsport royalty, Her uncle, Peter Brockhoff competed in Alpine Skiing at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and her great aunt, Joyce Brockhoff has a run named in her honour at Mt Hotham, Victoria in recognition of her work promoting the involvement o...

A weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - Ash Barty is a queen, an Ashes Test draw and Matildas heartbreak For our key story we’ll discuss the upcoming winter olympics and the politics of team selections.  In the ice bath with Budgy Smuggler, we chat to Paralympic rower Renae Domaschenz.  Read more about the AIS Accelerate program: https://www.ais....

A weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - Ash Barty is into the quarters for the fourth year in a row, multiple Ashes washouts, and soccer 80,000 crowd sells out within 3 days, with potential for a total of 99,000 to be sold pending Covid restrictions.  For our key story we’ll discuss Aussie cricketer Alyssa Healy's twitter battle that saw a women's cri...

Melissa [Milly] Tapper made history in 2016 as the first Australian athlete to have competed at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. As a youngster, Milly fell in love with the game of table tennis, and as you’ll hear, had an incredible local community pushing her to achieve some big dreams. In 2018, she also became the first Australian to achieve Commonwealth Games glory in table tennis. This c...

A weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - our winter athletes are crushing their respective world cup events in the lead up to the winter olympics, start of AFLW plagued by ACL injuries, and the netball diamonds kick off the quad series with two solid wins. For our key story we’ll discuss the pay disparities highlighted in the upcoming Asian Cup, where the w...

Rebekah Stott captained Australia as a junior footballer before switching allegiences and committing to the country of her birth, New Zealand. Stott has represented the Football Ferns 81 times, been to 2 World Cups and 2 Oympic Games and travelled the world plying her trade in Australia’s ALeague, Germany, the United States, Norway, and, most recently, England. Off the field Stott faced what could...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - Danielle Scott claims gold at the second freestyle aerial skiing World Cup of the season, Australia is set to compete in curling for the first time ever at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the first two women are inducted into the SCG Media hall of honour. For our key story we are taking it back to 1921 (officially 100 y...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - the WTA has withdrawn all tournaments in China, Bree Walker has claimed Monobob World Series gold and our Aussie 7s go back to back with another series win in Dubai. For our key story we’ll discuss the prestigious football award - the Ballon D’or, and the stark inequalities on display during the awards ceremony. In t...

When Nicola McDermott was 8 years old, she had a desire to one day be an international High Jumper. After trying her hand at a large number of sports she found herself at Little A's and the already quite tall 8 year old felt right at home. She discovered early on that no woman in australia had ever jumped over 2 metres and that mark quickly became the dream. At 24 years old, the dream is now a wor...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - our Aussie 7s win their first tournament on the World Series since 2018, the Perth Scorchers win their maiden WBBL title and both A-League and WNBL seasons are kicking off this week. For our key story we’ll discuss the start of the newly named A-League Women’s season which will see Wellington Phoenix make their debut...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds - WBBL finals are here, the Matildas are taking on team USA on home soil and Hannah Green receives a big pay day on the LPGA tour. For our key story we’ll discuss the global fears around the safety and wellbeing of Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai. In the Budgy Smuggler ice bath we chat to Australian waterpolo player...